Станция метро "Ла Раса": история, инфраструктура и пересадочный узел.

Mexico City Metro station

La Raza metro station opened on 25 August 1978 with service on Line 3 southward toward Hospital General station. Southeasterly service on Line 5 toward Pantitlán station began on 1 July 1982. The station facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are braille signage plates; inside, there is an Internet café, a library, and a mural titled Monstruos de fin de milenio, painted by Ariosto Otero Reyes. Outside, there is a bicycle parking station and a bus terminal. The transfer tunnel has an approximate length of , the second longest in the system. Inside the tunnel, there is a permanent science exhibition called El Túnel de la Ciencia ("The Tunnel of Science"), installed by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to provide scientific information to passengers, which was opened on 30 November 1988. The exposition features information about science and astronomy using pictures. In 2019, the station had an overall average daily ridership of 40,937 passengers. Since it was opened, La Raza metro station has had some incidents, including a shooting and a train crash, where one person died and 106 others resulted injured.

La Raza is a metro transfer station in the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in northern Mexico City. The Line 3 station lies along Insurgentes Norte Avenue, while the Line 5 station lies along the intersection of Leoncavallo and Paganini Streets, near Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas. La Raza serves the [[Colonia (Mexico) (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Héroes de Nacozari and Vallejo. Within the system, it lies between Potrero and Tlatelolco metro stations on Line 3; on Line 5, the station lies between Autobuses del Norte and Misterios metro stations. La Raza Metrobús transfer station (Lines 1 and 3), by Line 1 (formerly Line A) of the trolleybus system, and by Routes 7 D, 20 C, and 20 D of the city's public bus system. In the future, it will connect with the Mexibús Line IV route.

There are five exits. La Raza Line 3 opened on 25 August 1978, on the first day of the La Raza–Hospital General service. It was built underground; the Potrero–La Raza stretch goes from the street level to the underground level, and its length is , while the La Raza–Tlatelolco interstation tunnel is long. the station was opened on 1 July 1982, on the first day of the La Raza–Pantitlán service. While the La Raza–Autobuses del Norte interstation is long, and goes from the street level to the underground one. and is the second longest in the system after Atlalilco metro station, which connects Lines 8 (the Green and Golden lines, respectively), whose length is La Raza's pictogram depicts the [[Monumento a la Raza (Mexico City), a pyramid shaped construction erected in 1940 in honor of la Raza, an ethnic movement by indigenous peoples of Mexico. and a library. In August 2016, the Government of Mexico City built a bicycle parking station outside La Raza station.

On 28 September 1995, Ernesto Cruz Jiménez, a Huixquilucan police officer, entered a parked train and shot seven passengers, killing two of them. After being arrested, Cruz said he felt depressed. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison. After the incident, the Government of Mexico City had walk through metal detectors installed in the metro system. On 7 January 2023, at 09:16 CST (UTC−6), two trains crashed inside the La Raza–Potrero interstation tunnel killing one person and injuring 106 others. Both trains were going northbound towards Indios Verdes metro station. Service between Indios Verdes and Guerrero metro stations was suspended temporarily. The station floods during periods of heavy rainfall.

The El túnel de la ciencia Museum (English for "The Tunnel of Science") is the longest permanent exposition in the world. Science and astronomy pictures and information are mounted on the walls located inside the transfer tunnel. It was opened on 30 November 1988—the first Latin American scientific exhibition installed in a public transport location. Its purpose is to provide scientific information to passengers. It is aimed at young people since many of them are students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN). The tunnel's area is and features images of the autumn sky constellations, and, in the middle of the tunnel, there is a drawn to scale representation of the celestial sphere displaying the 12 zodiac constellations, drawn with luminous paint. The exhibition was installed by Universum, UNAM's science museum. In June 2015, the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) of the IPN exhibited multiple human brains, their anatomy, and some injuries they had suffered. In April 2016, the Museo de Geología de la UNAM displayed rocks, fossils, minerals, and a shark jaw. In June 2016, the system featured an exhibition of 80 preserved human body parts by the Tominaga Nakamoto University, a display of 50 sculptures by Nour Kuri representing human bodies, and six photographs by Duilio Rodríguez representing pain. In May and June 2018, La Raza metro station hosted exhibitions by Manuel de la Cera, Norma Patiño, Teresa Olalde, and the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM)'s LibroFest. From 21 August to 15 October 2018, the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SAGARPA) and the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO) displayed an exposition in the tunnel on bees and their ecological importance. In 2020, the station temporarily displayed pictures, landscapes, and sculptures created by Swiss artist H. R. Giger.